Tall Ships Hartlepool By Photographer Richard Sibley (Guest Blog)
Richard Sibley from the Tall Ships Gallery writes on the SchoonerSail Blog about the excitement of photographing the Tall Ships Race from Hartlepool.
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Inside The Tall Ships Crew Parade by Nastassaja Simensky (Guest Blog)
A behind the scenes look at the Tall Ships Race Crew Parades as the crew of the schooner Trinovante prepare to give it their all.
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Sailing in the wake of Scott of the Antarctic by Alison Jolley (Guest Blog)
It’s one hundred years since Captain Robert Falcon Scott set sail on the Terra Nova to the Antarctic.
Alison Jolley joins descendants of those explorers on a voyage to the Antarctic to commemorate the centenary of that fateful expedition.
Latest News On Trinovante’s Spring Refit
Today the sun is shining, spring is in the air and Trinovante is almost ready for the summer season.
and our 7th year chartering. So here’s the latest news on the spring refit…
Working Traditional Sail By Michael Emmett And Kevin Murphy (Guest Blog)
Not so long ago there were no railways or HGV’s and nearly all goods were transported by sea, in sailing boats without engines. Fishing was the same. Michael Emmett and Kevin Murphy give us the insiders view of how it was done and take you on a journey as one of the crew in their book “WORKING TRADITIONAL SAIL”.
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On The Slip Way – Cockle Fishing Boat The ‘Wash Pilgrim’
Hugh Fernley Whittingstall with the ‘Great Fish Fight’ and celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsey are encouraging us to eat a wider variety of sustainably sourced sea food. but for some reason they rarely think of the humble cockle…
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The Houseboats Of Old Leigh (Guest Blog)
Carol Edwards book ‘The Life And Times Of House Boats of Leigh On Sea’ details the decades long battle between the 200 strong houseboat community and Southend corporation, life as a house boat dweller, how some people turned once derelict wrecks into comfortable living accommodation and their final eviction in the 1950’s
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A Sailing Voyage To The North Of Norway (Guest Blog)
A Voyage to Norway by Mike and Liz Taylor-Jones
The seeds of this voyage were sown in 1961 when Mike, in his ‘gap year’, sailed to Greenland with the mountaineer and explorer H W Tilman (as detailed in Tilman’s book Mischief In Greenland). Greenland’s magnificent ice cap, mountains, glaciers and fjords left an indelible impression on Mike, who always dreamed of making another similar voyage.
Who Goes On Tall Ships Holidays?
John and and I often get asked ‘what sort of people go on these tall ships sailing holidays of yours?
But what do we reply when there isn’t really any ‘sort’ you can put your finger apart from ‘all sorts’?
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Birds And Bats Take A Short Sailing Holiday
Two unusual airborn visitors sailed with us at the end of last summer.
The first was a Goldcrest which joined us several miles offshore, well away from its normal habitat. This is Britains smallest bird, smaller even than the wren and much more striking to look at with a bright, almost flourescent orange flash on its head.
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